Oshie spent most of the day in Warroad and then flew to Minneapolis, where his day with the Cup concluded with a private party. There, along with fellow Capitals Shane Gersich and Travis Boyd, some shenanigans ensued. Here’s Gersich doing a Cup stand.

Add those to the millions of stories the Cup can tell.

*As trade rumors continue to swirl around the Twins with the nonwaiver deadline less than a week away, they just won’t quite go away in the AL Central race. They’ve picked up two games in the last two days on Cleveland, getting within 7.5 of the lead again. Cleveland has one more today against red-hot Pittsburgh before three with Detroit. After that, they come to Target Field for a three-game series that falls right in the midst of the deadline. It’s a shame that series wasn’t a week earlier because Twins management will likely have had to make its buy/sell decision by then.

*It was an up-and-down first 25 games for the Lynx, but they arrived at their All-Star break — with the game Saturday at Target Center — in pretty good shape all things considered. By defeating the Liberty on Tuesday for their third consecutive win, the Lynx improved to 15-10 — tied for third-best in the WNBA and just a game behind Atlanta for the second-best record.

Those distinctions are important in the WNBA, where under the current playoff format teams are seeded 1-8 for the playoffs, with the top two seeds getting double byes and the Nos. 3 and 4 seeds getting single byes.

The post-break schedule is intense. There are just nine games remaining, including three in a span of four days right out of the break against three of the league’s best teams. How the Lynx fare against Los Angeles, Seattle and Atlanta in that demanding stretch could determine their ultimate position.